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[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do SQL next!

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Correct:

  • "Sequel"
  • Structured Query Language

Incorrect:

  • "Squall"
  • "Es-queue-el"

The one that people really screw up? PostgreSQL.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Squirrel.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Where?!

:: confused ADHD noises ::

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Outside, but you'll have to touch grass to reach it.

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Outside? Hard pass.

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It's interesting that Wikipedia says it's pronounced " S-Q-L" but was historically pronounced "sequel."

Also interesting, MySQL says on their site:

The official way to pronounce “MySQL” is “My Ess Que Ell” (not “my sequel”), but we do not mind if you pronounce it as “my sequel” or in some other localized way.

Lastly, for those curious, PostgreSQL says on their site:

PostgreSQL is pronounced Post-Gres-Q-L.

[–] SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Post Graduate Squirrel

[–] SuolaSeta@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My people often pronounce nginx as "n-ginsk" not "engine x".

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

We call things "bits", "bytes", and my favorite: "nybbles". IT is rife with wordplay. How could they not think it was a cool way to spell "enigne"?!

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What about squill?

[–] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah, let's not. :p

[–] lath@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Squeal?

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You're one of those? Its sequel and GIF has a hard g.

[–] Fuck_u_spez_@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

Soft G folk are just objectively wrong. Not only is Jif a peanut butter, it's a damn file extension: https://fileinfo.com/extension/jif

I don't care how inconsequential it is, I will die on this hill.

[–] Baku@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago

Jif is an oven cleaner here. Because I hate everyone, I started pronouncing it Gif. Makes a lot of people very very angry

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

I like the cut of your jib.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 months ago

Nah, creator says soft-g. Just like gigawatts.

[–] rubicon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I called this S.Q.L. until our IT guy corrected me

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm the head of IT for my company and it's S-Q-L and I'm a native speaker.

It's not a grammatically correct pronunciation at all (which is why it seems like non-native English tends to not say "Sequel") and even MySQL documentation specifically calls it out and says it's S-Q-L

[–] zeekaran@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Generally English first language speakers say sequel while everyone else spells it out.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's pronounced sequel why isn't it CQL?

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Because it's not, it's just something from computing history that is no longer relevant